Learn how to beat Beotodus in the Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter World (MHW)! This guide explains everything about Beotodus's weakness, carves, rewards, and a complete strategy guide for beating and capturing it. Find out what parts are breakable and severable, and what drops and Monster materials are available.

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Beotodus Weakness, Body Parts, and Resistances

Beotodus Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Small	None	None	Ice	None
Breakable Parts
Head, Back, Left Leg, Right Leg, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Hoarfrost Reach	2 (1st time)	1 / 2 / 3 / 4	3

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
46	50	45	25	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	0	0

Torso

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
35	35	35	20	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	0	0

Legs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
70	65	50	30	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	0	0

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
40	35	35	20	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	0	0

Higher values indicate higher damage.

Vulnerability to Status Effects and Items

Poison	★	Flash	★★
Paral	★	Shock	★★
Sleep	★	Pitfall	★★
Stun	★★	Ivy	★★
Blast	★★★	Dung	★★★
Exhaust	★★	Meat	★★
Mount	★	Screamer	★★

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Countermeasures against Beotodus

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Fire Weapon	Beotodus is weakest against fire.
Recommended Armor Skills
Ice Resistance	Ice Resistance can be helpful against a lot of Beotodus's attacks, as it can mitigate the ice damage that you take.
Blight Resistance	Beotodus can apply Iceblight quite often. Get Blight Resistance to Lvl 3 to completely negate this.
Earplugs	Beotodus has a small roar, so getting your Earplugs skill to Lvl 3 is enough.
Aquatic/Polar Mobility	You will only get to fight Beotodus in the Hoarfrost Reach, and most of the areas he likes to fight in have deep snow. Moving faster in deep snow and having an increased evade window can help you against his dive attacks.
Health Boost	Having more health can't hurt! Especially when it is your first time fighting him; the difficulty spike from high rank to master rank can be quite a whiplash.

How to Beat Beotodus

Iceblights and Nullberries

Most of Beotodus' attack can inflict Iceblight which makes you drain your stamina much faster than usual. You must immediately cure this especially if you are using a weapon that consumes a lot of stamina such as Bows or Dual Blades. Be sure to bring Nullberries to cure this whenever it is present.

Building Your Resistance

Raising your Ice Resistance value to 20 or more can completely counter any ice damage that you receive from Beotodus' attack. However, if you cannot do this, you can raise your Ice Resistance skill to level 3 instead.

Snow Armor

Snow Armor	Normal

Beotodus can sometimes cover himself with snow to make his body parts harder. This will allow him to increase his defense against your attacks. You can try to remove these snow by focusing your attacks on parts that are covered in snow to make them move vulnerable.

Surprise Attack

When Beotodus dives into the snow, he can attack you from underneath which can deal massive damage. You need to constantly move and keep yourself away from Beotodus to avoid taking any damage from this attack.

Using Screamer Pod

Similar to Diablos, Beotodus can be affected by Screamer Pods to force them out of the ground. This can also stun him for a few seconds allowing you to attack with your best combos to deal some damage.

Beotodus Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Swim Angle Slam	50	◯	40
Swim Turn Attack	40	◯	35
Swim Rotation Attack	45	◯	40
Swim Bite	25	◯	30
Surprise Dive	65	◯	40
Swim Tail Attack	45	◯	30
Screw Attack	80	◯	50
Tail Swing	30	◯	30
Bite	25	◯	25
Body Slam	30	◯	30
Jump Attack	40	◯	30
Swim Rotation Attack (Snow)	35	◯	40
Surprise Dive (Snow)	35	◯	40
Swim Tail Attack (Snow)	35	◯	40
Swim Turn Attack (Snow)	35	◯	40

Beotodus Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Beotodus Shard / Body 36 Beotodus Cortex / Body 27 Beotodus Grandfin / Body 20 Large Wyvern Gem / Body 2 Beotodus Hardhorn / Body 15

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Beotodus Cortex / Torso 75 Beotodus Grandfin / Torso 25, Leg 100, Tail 25 Beotodus Shard / Tail 75 Beotodus Hardhorn / Head 100

Breakable Body Parts

	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	140	Set durability to 0, 3 times.
Head (Snow)	80	Set durability to 0, once.
Torso	180	Set durability to 0, once./td>
Torso (Snow)	100	Set durability to 0, once.
Legs	320	Set durability to 0, twice.
Tail	160	Set durability to 0, once.
Tail (Snow)	80	Set durability to 0, once.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Cryo Sac / 50 Beotodus Hardhorn / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Beotodus Cortex / 28 Beotodus Shard / 22 Cryo Sac / 22 Large Wyvern Gem / 2 Beotodus Hardhorn / 16 Beotodus Grandfin / 10
MR Silver	Large Wyvern Gem / 8 Beotodus Hardhorn / 32 Beotodus Grandfin / 23 Beotodus Cortex / 14 Cryo Sac / 12 Beotodus Shard / 11
MR Gold	Beotodus Shard / 8 Beotodus Hardhorn / 30 Beotodus Grandfin / 24 Large Wyvern Gem / 16 Beotodus Cortex / 12 Cryo Sac / 10

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Beotodus Shard / 41 Beotodus Cortex / 35 Beotodus Hardhorn / 22 Large Wyvern Gem / 2

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Beotodus Shard / 50 Beotodus Grandfin / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quests Where Beotodus Appears

Type	Quest Name
Assigned	M★1 - Baptism by Ice
Assigned	M★1 - Banbaro Blockade
Assigned	M★2 - Ready to Strike
Optional	M★1 - Deep Snow Diver
Optional	M★1 - Taking Charge
Optional	M★1 - Ice Catch!
Optional	M★1 - Call of the Wild
Optional	M★1 - Greetings from the Tundra
Optional	M★2 - Analysis Creates Paralysis
Optional	M★2 - Poison and Paralysis Pinch
Optional	M★2 - Boaboa Constrictor
Optional	M★2 - By Our Powers Combined
Optional	M★2 - You Scratch Our Backs...
Event	M★1 - Trophy Fishin'
Event	M★6 - Ballad to the Hoarfrost

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